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Universal Truth/Morality

Note: Please do not base your whole argument on religion, the Bible, the Church, etc. Also, for this debate, truth and morality can be interchangeable words. I believe that truth is not universal, but relative and that it changes as a result of personal opinion. How can one person know that "one true answer." Who is to decide what is truth and what is untruth? The answer is no one. Because no one can know the answers to life's great questions, truth cannot be a universal, constant thing. I think people blindly follow what they believe to be true. It is for this reason that people enjoy the notion of universal truth. It gives them a sense of security and purpose that they don't get when they approach things from a logical standpoint. Looking at things through reason may give us answers that we don't like or make us feel less significant. That is why people like the idea of a universal truth: it never let's them down. Does not truth change with new scientific discoveries? For example, in the Middle Ages, everyone was told by teachers and priests alike, that the universe revolved around the Earth. However, with the dawn of the Enlightenment and Galileo, it was proven that the Earth actually revolves around the sun, and is nowhere near the center of the universe. But why did people assume that the Earth was the center? Because it gave this planet, and all of those on it, meaning. They thought God must have made the Earth at the center, because we are the most important things to him. This far fetched theory is an example a universal "truth" that not only changed, but gave millions false senses of belonging and purpose. I don't see how a "lack of common good" takes meaning away from our lives. Again, I think that this is just another example of how the author and others like him use the idea of a "universal truth" to mask the things that seem to make our lives less significant. For example, if a loved one dies, many people conclude that everything happens for a reason or God thought it was their time to die. These notions are just euphemisms that make the difficult times in our lives easier. This sense of blind acceptance of what no one knows about is what really makes our civilization decay. If more people would learn to put logic and reason first, instead of these so-called "universal truths," our society would be much better off.